Muwaqqar Industrial Estate attracts JD15m food packing project

AMMAN — Jordan Industrial Estates Corporation (JIEC) announced on Monday that a food packing project valued at JD15 million was established on a 24-dunum plot of land at the Muwaqqar Industrial Estate (MIE).

JIEC Chief Executive Ali Madadha and Rotogravia Jordan Director General Walid Kilani signed the agreement of the new project which is expected to generate 500 jobs in its initial operational phases, according to a statement sent to The Jordan Times.

Madadha said the corporation has prepared a comprehensive promotional plan to attract more industrial investments through providing all incentives that can lead to their success in the Kingdom, the statement added.

For his part, Kilani said that incentives, exemptions, services and the flexibility of laws contributed to making Rotogravia inaugurate a new branch in MIE, especially that running businesses in industrial estates is characterised by simple procedures and affordable prices for rents or ownerships.

By the end of June, 2015, MIE attracted around 50 industrial investments that are worth JD323.65, providing some 1,640 job opportunities in different production sectors, the statement added.